Pokémon Go XP chart - Sources list and how to get XP fast with Pidgey farming

If you want to gain XP quickly, then there's a number of ways to do so, as our Pokémon Go XP chart explains.

Increasing your Trainer level is one of the most important things you can do in Pokémon Go. Later Trainer levels increase your chances of meeting higher CP Pokémon out in the wild - increasing their effectiveness in Gym battles - and will also increase your chances of discovering rare Pokemon.

Not only that, but trainer level rewards get better over time, becoming more lucrative the higher your level, with more powerful Pokéballs, curatives and more.

Pokémon Go XP chart and sources list

Most actions in the game will give you XP of some kind, and it pays to know the most efficient methods.

Here's a run down to help you plan your activities, and remember if you have a Lucky Egg at hand, you will double all XP gains for the next 30 minutes. To get a 4x increase, you must use a Lucky Egg during a Double XP event (such as the one during Easter) increasing your gains again by a factor or two.

Get XP fast in Pokémon Go by Pidgey farming

As the chart alludes to, the fastest and most effective means of gaining XP is by evolving Pokémon one after another while a Lucky Egg multiplier is active, especially during a double XP event.

Weedles are your ticket to fast XP.

Evolving a creature gives you 500 XP, and if you want to do that for a full 30 minutes, you need a lot of creatures and a lot of candy. The easiest way to do this is with certain common creatures - such as Pidgeys, Weedles and Caterpies - which are all easy to find and require a very small amount of Candy to evolve - 12 compared to the usual 25, 50 or 100.

To get the most out of this method, capture as many Pidgeys, Weedles and Caterpies as you can, with each capture giving you Candy and a potential creature to evolve. Remember you can get bonus Candy by transferring them back to the Professor, but make sure you have enough to actually evolve. Thankfully, there's a handy online calculator named PidgeyCalc that will work out exactly how many you need to transfer to maximise your time, and how long it will take.

Another tip, recently discovered by those on the The Silph Road subreddit to make things easier - by searching for 'evolve' in your Pokémon list, the game will narrow down every creature you can evolve based on the current Candy you have. Very handy to save you searching through your list while the Lucky Egg timer ticks down.

It's also well worth holding off evolving anything that will be new to your Pokédex until you have a Lucky Egg active. Each new Pokédex entry is worth 500 XP, effectively doubling the amount of XP you get.

If you prepare these methods correctly, and have the exact right amount of Pokémon and Candy when you use the Lucky Egg, it's possible to evolve around 60 Pokémon within 30 minutes - earning you a staggering 60,000 XP, or 120,000 XP during a double XP event. You can get even more if you also have a Pokémon Go Plus accessory, allowing you to spin a PokéStop or catch wild creatures nearby without having to take a break from evolving.

Once you get into the habit of going after common creatures and saving them up for such evolution sprees, you'll be flying through trailer levels sooner than you think.

Other ways to get XP fast in Pokémon Go

As mentioned, a Lucky Egg is the best thing to use when going on an XP run. A Lucky Egg is a guaranteed drop as a Trainer level reward at 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40. They can also be purchased with PokéCoins in the game's shop.

Catching new Pokémon is surprisingly lucrative.

If you don't have enough Pidgeys or other creatures to go on a mass evolution spree, then your best bet is exploring an area filled with PokéStops and Pokémon.

In the right areas of cities such as London, Brighton or Birmingham, you'll find streets filled with them, making it a great opportunity to use a Lucky Egg as you explore, since many come one after another. Otherwise, find an area where you can loop back round and revisit older ones after the five minute expiry to use them again.

You can combine this with catching Pokémon along the way (you can get a little extra from special throws, remember that any new catches are worth more, if you're lucky to find them on your route) then the XP soon adds up, especially if you use an Incense to attract Pokémon to you, or if you find yourself returning to the same PokéStops, then dropping a Lure there could be particularly useful.

What's good about this method is with the right route, you won't find a shortage of PokéStops to interact with, giving you a steady stream of XP for the duration of your journey. While it's not as fast as the evolution method, it's a lot easier and in the right area can be performed at anytime. At lower levels, it's easily enough to take you to the next Trainer level.

It's also worth considering the Pokemon Go Plus accessory. This essentially allows you to catch Pokemon and spin PokeStops with a single button press, allowing you to clear a crowd of creatures and Stops much faster than if you had to do so manually with a touch screen.

Every capture is also guaranteed 150 XP, and if even if it eludes you, you still receive 25 XP - and all this serious adds up if you use it day-to-day.